Photo: © privat News | May 2025 New convenor of Working Group 1 Daniel Bisang (52) has been elected unanimously as the new convenor of the working group 1 “Lifts and service lifts” of CEN TC 10.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik GmbH News | May 2025 Michael Puttrus goes to Telegärtner Michael Puttrus has assumed a new position: the mechanical engineer is now Business Development Manager at the German lift emergency call specialist Telegärtner Elektronik.
Photo: © VDMA News | May 2025 Image campaign: ‘We can only become more visible together’ The Trade Association Lifts and Escalators in the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) has launched the second round of the image campaign “Beweger gesucht” (starring movers). Jan Steeger, project manager of the campaign, has compiled the most important questions and answers for LIFTjournal.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | May 2025 TKE: New investor and a joint venture TK Elevator and Alat announce strategic joint venture to manufacture end-to-end elevator and escalator solutions in Saudi Arabia, with Alat also becoming a shareholder in TK Elevator.
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News | January 2018 Great performance in a small space Ziehl-Abegg has developed a new frequency converter, which permits the construction of space-saving switch cabinets for lifts.
News | January 2018 Easier mounting of lift ropes End-customers continue to expect more and more from the lift industry. It is not just a question of standards and guidelines, such as the Operational Safety Ordinance, having to be observed.
News | January 2018 Celebrating 125 years of the escalator The world’s first escalator was put into operation on January 16th, 1893 in New York – as a so-called “incline elevator”. The escalator’s 125th birthday is a great occasion for thyssenkrupp to celebrate.
News | January 2018 Standard-compliant and safe Wieland Electric offers a wide range of products and solutions for elevator shafts and control cabinets in the field of lift and elevator technology.
News | January 2018 Under the spotlight at the Wittur Cube The Wittur Group was among the key participants at the 2017 edition of Interlift, the world’s leading trade fair in the elevator industry, which gathered together a new record of 574 exhibitors from 48 countries.
News | January 2018 Lived sustainability The lift industry is facing new challenges from the increasingly rapid pace of technical change. This is increasingly the case in relation to emergency call systems and their special fail-safe requirements.
News | January 2018 Innovative - intelligent - MiDrive Can a lift door be intelligent? The Munich lift door specialist Meiller tackled this question at this year’s interlift – and presented the door drive concept of the future.
News | December 2017 Innovative, customised shaft wiring system Weidmüller presented customised solutions for the elevator and escalator industry at "interlift2017" in Augsburg.
News | December 2017 When the stairs were still an elevator The escalator, which has transformed our cities and our lives, was born 125 years ago – it’s time to look back at the beginnings of the technology.
